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coney

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: coney

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n
any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
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n
small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America
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any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food
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black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: coney
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n any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes

Synonyms:
cony, das, dassie, hyrax
Types:
Procavia capensis, rock hyrax, rock rabbit
hyrax that lives in rocky areas
Type of:
eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal
mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
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n small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America

Synonyms:
cony, mouse hare, pika, rock rabbit
Types:
Ochotona princeps, little chief hare
North American pika
Ochotona collaris, collared pika
similar to little chief hare and may be same species
Type of:
gnawing mammal, lagomorph
relative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing
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n any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food

Synonyms:
cony, rabbit
Types:
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rabbit ears
the long ears of a rabbit
lapin
castrated male rabbit
bunny, bunny rabbit
(usually informal) especially a young rabbit
European rabbit, Old World rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus
common greyish-brown burrowing animal native to southern Europe and northern Africa but introduced elsewhere; widely domesticated and developed in various colors and for various needs; young are born naked and helpless
cottontail, cottontail rabbit, wood rabbit
common small rabbit of North America having greyish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside; a host for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks)
Belgian hare, leporide
red breed of domestic rabbits; hybrid between Old World rabbit and hare
Angora, Angora rabbit
domestic breed of rabbit with long white silky hair
Sylvilagus floridanus, eastern cottontail
widely distributed in United States except northwest and far west regions
Sylvilagus aquaticus, canecutter, swamp hare, swamp rabbit
a wood rabbit of southeastern United States swamps and lowlands
Sylvilagus palustris, marsh hare, swamp rabbit
a wood rabbit of marshy coastal areas from North Carolina to Florida
Type of:
leporid, leporid mammal
rabbits and hares
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n black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins

Synonyms:
Epinephelus fulvus
Type of:
grouper
usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas
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